horn etymology

Middle English word horn comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁-, Proto-Indo-European *kor, Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *hurną (Horn.)

Detailed word origin of horn

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*gʰreH₁- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) to grow, become green, grow, become green
*kor Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
crescendum Latin (lat)
*ḱr̥- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*hurną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Horn.
horn Old English (ang) Horn.
horn, horne Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as horn

Descendants of *gʰreH₁-
corner erbour escusen excusen gers grene gresen harien heer her-for herber herberwe heretogh heretoȝe herne herth hore horien horne horowe menden rapen raven reven sucuren
Descendants of *ḱerh₂-
hart heort hert hiren hirne huirne hurne hyrne inkhorn rather reother rether rither rodder rother rudder ruther sere unikorn